Bob Clampett Wolf

This drawing is from a great complexity. My copy has a lot of mistakes.

-First, I should have drawn the chair first and then the wolf above, it would be more easy because I was struggling trying to guess the parts that were behind the wolf.
- The line of action was right, the body flows through it.
- The body have to be bigger.
- The hands have to be bigger
- Legs bigger.
-The chair is bigger.
- Head must feel that it is more tucked in between the shoulders. I have to exaggerate the attitude.

Comic Cover Study

Here's my try at this Mickey Mouse Cover.

Howie Post House

I wanted to try some of the Howie Post houses because I'm not good at drawing that kind of things, like props, Backgrounds, etc... elements that is.
I've been reading the Famous Artist Course and they talk a lot about the concepts that John have been taught us. They talk about the FORM, to think about the FORM of the boject while you're drawing, not just the shape but thw whole form and draw even the parts that we cannot see to meake the form solid and well constructed.

I tried some of that at this house. The house has a rectangular and the roof is a cube rotated to fit within the rectangular box. The chimney has a cylindrical shape with two cylindrical tubes. The step of entry is also a rectangular shape and all wood in the house are reduced to this form.

After drawing the roof, I covered it with straw, trying to guess how this material would behave if placed on top of this roof that had already drawn. Having drawn first the roof without the straw helped so much because I had a solid form to dress.

Sad Sack and Roger Ramjet studies

I always have trouble finding new shapes for my drawings. Most of the time I fall in the sphere and pear shapes forms from the 40's so here I tried some Roger Ramjet and Sad Sack because they have another forms in his constructions.

I started with Sad Sack. He actually had a classic construction, an egg for head and a tube for neck. He had great contrasts in his face, like tiny eyes against big ears and nose. The eyes doesn't have the white part, they are lines.
Then I think, What would happen if the features were proportional?
Not much funny, isn't it? So, contrasts are very important in cartoons.

Then I tried some Roger Ramjet characters, these have another type of shapes in his mayor forms.


These are very funny to draw! I had a great time with it, that's something very important I think. In the bottom part, I tried new angles, I think the front came up pretty well, I tried to preserve the asymmetry, the organic and contrasts. I think I failed at the 3/4 angle.


There's some things that these designs have in common, like the great contrasts they have in his mayor forms, the great amount of space inside and outside, the placement of the feet (not in the center), the limited details.

Dakin Dream Owl

I like Dakin Dream Pets, they all have different shapes, great appealing, nice colors, they are all fun to me. I take this picture from an angry sleepy Owl because it seems to be a simple character to draw with great things in it.

Obesrvations:
- He's big, it has like a thumb shape, big at the top getting more little at the bottom. It's a great shape.
- He has a little face, angry looking and a tiny pointy beak. He has a lot of space in the face, that's great for expressions I think.
- He has little flat feet, no legs, so I assumed he walks in short steps and moves his feet really fast.
- He's in pijamas. I like the hat, is small compared to the body and has a nice fall.
- He seems to have strong arms.

This is my stiff study, then I tried to do it more loose:

trying to get another view and giving him another attitude

I like this drawing, I give him another expression, like he's very tired and cannot sleep

DOWNWARDS 2

I tried to focus just in the general forms, i'ts better this way, much more easy and simple.
I was pretty close in the first try!!
This way is much more easy to understand the things. I forgot the base, sorry!

Porky toy construction: downwards

Tomorrow I'll put some observations and I 'll fix my mistakes.